1) Damon and Pythias. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition.
2002
...Damon and Pythias (DAY-muhn; PITH-ee-uhs) In a Greek legend, two friends who were enormously loyal to each other. When the tyrannical ruler of their city condemned...
2) §26. "Damon and Pithias". V. Early English Comedy. Vol. 5. The Drama to
1642, Part One. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature:
An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...The fusion of classical with native elements appears very clearly in Richard Edwards s Damon and Pithias, a tragical comedy, as he calls it, which was almost certainly...
3) Runyon, Damon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Runyon, Damon, (Alfred Damon Runyon), 1884-1946, American short story writer and journalist, b. Manhattan, Kans. He is best known for his humorous stories-written...
4) Damon and Pythias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Damon and Pythias, (da´mn, pith´es) (KEY) , two youths whose loyalty to each other symbolizes true friendship. Pythias, a Pythagorean, condemned to death for plotting...
5) Damon. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Pythias would return to face execution. Both were subsequently pardoned....
6) 47525. Runyon, Damon. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...QUOTATION:I long ago come to the conclusion that all life is six to five against. ATTRIBUTION:Damon Runyon (1884-1946), U.S. author. Collier's (New York, Sept. 8,...
7) 47524. Runyon, Damon. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:47524 QUOTATION:My boy . always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you. ATTRIBUTION:Damon...
8) 334. Song-Fragment-Damon and Sylvia. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and
Songs. The Harvard Classics
...brae, Sir, Slides by a bower, where mony a flower Sheds fragrance on the day, Sir; There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay, 5 To love they thought no crime, Sir, The wild...
9) Runyon, (Alfred) Damon. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...American writer known for his stylized, idiomatic stories about Broadway and the New York underworld, such as Guys and Dolls (1931). Runyon·esque (runy-nesk) -ADJECTIVE...
10) Pythias. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...(See DAMON.) 1...
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